The Mobile Satellite Users Association (MSUA) on Wednesday, February 26, 2014 announced that its 2014 Pioneer Award would be given to Mr. Daniel Lévesque, former head of the Cospas-Sarsat Secretariat, for his lasting contributions in key leadership roles in the Cospas-Sarsat Program.
MSUA President Tim Farrar noted: “We are honored to recognize Mr. Daniel Lévesque as recipient of this year’s Pioneer Award. Mr. Lévesque not only served as the chief executive of Cospas-Sarsat for nearly a quarter of a century, but his outstanding leadership and technical skills have guided the program from its early days of depending only on analogue beacons operating through low earth orbiting satellites to the present. Cospas-Sarsat is credited with being the vital alert and location-determination link for helping to rescue more than 35,000 persons over more than three decades.”
The award will be presented at a luncheon on Tuesday, 11 March 2014, during the MSUA-11 Conference that is being held in conjunction with the SATELLITE 2014 Conference and Exhibition, in Washington, DC.
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